Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of having husbands or wives in common; a community of husbands or wives, such as exists among certain primitive tribes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of a
community which permitspromiscuous sexual intercourse among itsmembers , as in certain societies practicingcommunism .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek κοινός (koinos, "common") + γάμος (gamos, "marriage").
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